Re: enough! RE: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-15 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Chris Abbey wrote: >(note 1: "spam", not "SPAM" or "Spam", the latter are trademarks of >Hormel Foods, and they get a little snippy with people degrading their >trademark. But they consent to allow us "spam" in place of the gross >"uce" acronym.) No offense... but gimme a br

enough! RE: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-14 Thread Chris Abbey
ok guys, enough already. If you want to fight spam (1) then come on over to spamcop.net and join us in fighting it the right way. I've already lart'd the abuse staff at Anglia Polytechnic University and explicitly drew their attention to how ill-chosen his target was - I'm sure they'll teach him a

RE: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-14 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Steven Lord wrote: >I've only done it once, and that was because I was on his list 5 times so I >kept getting 5 copies of his spam, and the fact that despite my efforts he >wouldn't take me off. He'd use different mail accounts as they were shut >down, but still keep the same

RE: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-14 Thread Stephen Schaefer-NCS Sr SE
Of course, spam is evil. But don't be a vigilante! Because of the totally unauthenticated nature of e-mail, it is usually impossible to be certain of the perpetrator. Received: lines can be faked just like nearly every other byte in an e-mail message. I was much more the victim of spam than an

RE: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-14 Thread Steven Lord
While I've taken an aggressive approach to SPAM in the past as well (mailbombs), I've never went as far as you claim to have done, but I do know one thing... It was a waste of MY time to do so. Many people said just delete them and ignore, but it is JUST SO DAMNED HARD to do that when someone is

Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-14 Thread Mike A. Harris
On 13 Jul 2000, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote: >Date: 13 Jul 2000 13:07:56 -0400 >From: Trond Eivind Glomsrød <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernhard Rosenkraenzer ) writes: > >>

RE: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-14 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Steven Lord wrote: >I think that prosecuting spammers is far too polite. I had a spammer target >my hotmail account, filling it up with up to 5 of the same e-mail because my >address was in it 5 times. I tried reasoning with them, and they'd say >they'd take me of their list

Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-14 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Greg Wright wrote: >>> How is it that this is possible? >>> Certainly if this were to be exploited by many more companies such as >this it would diminish the value of this group. >> >>Currently, anyone may post to the list so even people who aren't >>subscribed can get answer

Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-13 Thread Greg W
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 13/07/00 at 13:07 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernhard Rosenkraenzer ) writes: > >>Currently, anyone may post to the list so even people who aren't >>subscribed can get answers to their questions. > >AFAIK that's bogus - you have to be

Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-13 Thread Trond Eivind Glomsrød
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bernhard Rosenkraenzer ) writes: > Currently, anyone may post to the list so even people who aren't > subscribed can get answers to their questions. AFAIK that's bogus - you have to be subscribed to at least one list to be able to post. -- Trond Eivind Glomsrød Red Hat, Inc.

RE: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-13 Thread Danny Haworth
n can stop a spammer, but trashing their equipment and making their lives hell is more fun - and less expensive. This email has been scanned for viruses using Trend Interscan Virus Wall Title: RE: ADV: High Search Engine Placement I think i'll have to agree with Steven, there are so m

RE: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-13 Thread Steven Lord
equipment and making their lives hell is more fun - and less expensive. -Original Message- From: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 13 July 2000 14:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Michael Waite wrote: &

Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-13 Thread Greg Wright
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 13/07/00 at 15:03 Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: >On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Michael Waite wrote: > >> How is it that this is possible? >> Certainly if this were to be exploited by many more companies such as this it would diminish the value of this group.

Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-13 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Michael Waite wrote: >Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 08:46:20 -0400 >From: Michael Waite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement > >How is it that this is possible? Certainly if this were to be >exploited

Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-13 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, Michael Waite wrote: > How is it that this is possible? > Certainly if this were to be exploited by many more companies such as this it would >diminish the value of this group. Currently, anyone may post to the list so even people who aren't subscribed can get answers to th

Re: ADV: High Search Engine Placement

2000-07-13 Thread Michael Waite
How is it that this is possible? Certainly if this were to be exploited by many more companies such as this it would diminish the value of this group. -Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Removal instructions below > > I saw your listing on the internet. > > I work for a company that specializ